Don’t mock mythical imagination: Karnad
To pick out details and characters from Indian mythology to argue that they are proof of scientific advance in ancient times is “insulting our own imagination”, said Jnanpith Award-winning writer Girish Karnad here on Saturday.
Mythologies across the world were rich in such symbolisms, he said, at a discussion organised by Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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